turner
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈtɜrnər/
:
espátula
- Using a pancake turner, carefully lift the fried eggs and place them on a warm plate.
Examples
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Small twigs and branches in the yard trimmings were another problem, and again, a compost turner would have been useful.
Academic text (1996) -
"We're going to focus on how to make the compost faster and use the turner to its maximum capability," adds Harper.
Academic text (1998) -
The culls are incorporated into the compost windrows with a pass of the turner before the end of each day.
Academic text (1998) -
Stainless steel pancake turner.
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Material is shredded with a tub grinder prior to placement in windrows, which are aerated with a windrow turner.
Academic text (1996) -
With a plastic turner, I flipped the burgers on the grill to ensure they cooked evenly.
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He used the pancake turner to serve the hot pancakes directly onto the breakfast table.
Synonyms
41
1.3
A tool used for cooking or eating
3
1.4
A tool like a spoon or knife that people use in the kitchen to prepare food
2
2.0
A kitchen tool for preparing, cooking, or serving food like a spatula
A flat, flexible tool with a long handle for turning pancakes or eggs
A flat tool with a wide blade for flipping pancakes and lifting other food while cooking
Compounds
- Informal
2
5.6
A person or thing that looks very attractive and makes people turn to look
A flat tool with a wide blade for flipping pancakes and lifting other food while cooking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Turner is built from turn ('to flip') and -er, so a kitchen turner is the tool that flips or lifts food. That's why you use a turner to turn pancakes or serve fish.